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Legal & General Group PLC03 January 2008 Legal & General Group Plc Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan In common with all eligible employees, each of the executive directors of Legal& General Group Plc ("the Group") has been invited to apply for partnershipshares under the Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan ("the Plan") on amonthly basis. On 2 January 2008, each executive director chose to contributeto purchase the following partnership shares: Partnership SharesC. R. R. Avery 96T. J. Breedon 96A. W. Palmer 96J. B. Pollock 96 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each executive director received 15 matching shares. The shareswere purchased at a price of 130.5p per share. Following these awards, the executive directors have beneficial interests in theshares of the Group (comprising shares, shares held by trustees within shareschemes or plans and share options) as set out below:- Name Shares Shares in schemes or Options Total beneficial plans interests 710,669 212,061 272,836 1,195,566 C R R Avery 1,280,782 405,526 87,880 1,774,188 T J Breedon 1,023,441 282,534 794,107 2,100,082 A W Palmer 297,670 171,985 30,408 500,063 J B Pollock The following Senior Managers also chose to take part in the Plan. Each SeniorManager chose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares: Partnership SharesM. J. Bolton 95C. A. Davies 96M. J. Gregory 96G. J. Hoskin 96 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each Senior Manager, with the exceptions of M. J. Gregory, received15 matching shares; M. J. Gregory received 16 matching shares. Differences aredue to rounding from previous allocations. The shares were purchased at a priceof 130.50p per share. Non Executive Directors' purchases On 2 January 2008, the following non-executive directors of the Group purchasedthe following ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("shares") in the Group at a price of131.60p per share. F. A. Heaton 1,103R. J. Margetts 6,029R.H.P. Markham 1,103R. H. Schmitz 1,103H. E. Staunton 1,475J. M. Strachan 1,103D. A. Walker 1,475 Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficialinterests in the Group now stand at: F. A. Heaton 88,875R. J. Margetts 525,950R.H.P. Markham 17,194R. H. Schmitz 96,236H. E. Staunton 113,629J. M. Strachan 74,822D. A. Walker 278,968 Helen ForsterAssistant Company Secretary3 January 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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